More French Proverbs

Nothing is had for nothing.... >>

When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within our reach... >>

To see it rain is better than to be in it.... >>

The richest man carries nothing away with him but a shroud.... >>

There is no flying without wings... >>

Other Proverbs

The eyes are the window of the soul... (Belgian) >>

Better joy in a cottage than sorrow in a palace.... (Spanish) >>

The ass dead, the barley at his tail.... (Spanish) >>

In a smith's house the knife is wooden.... (Spanish) >>

If the child cries let the mother hush it, and if it will no... (Spanish) >>

What the sober man keeps in his heart, is on the tongue of the drunkard.

- French Proverb